The new Gap tool (U) works on the “white space” between frames. Position the mouse between two items, click-and-drag to adjust the position of the gap, and the frames on either side of the gap will adjust at the same time-the uniform gap width will be maintained! Hold down the Shift key to only adjust …
Instead of creating complex artwork and then drawing another object on top to mask that artwork, you can now simply click on any object and change the drawing mode to Draw Inside (Shift-D) at the bottom of the Toolbox. After you’ve set Draw Inside, the selected object will mask everything you draw. Draw Inside also …
Photoshop CS5 has an incredibly powerful new feature called Merge to HDR Pro, accessible from File>Automate. Quick results, intuitive controls, and magical de-ghosting. For best results, bracket three to five exposures when shooting; stabilize; and use Av (Aperture Priority) or Manual mode to fix aperture.
From the Project panel, drag any clip to the New Item icon at the bottom of the panel and release. This will automatically create a sequence with the correct editing mode (RED, AVCHD, DVCPRO, XDCAM, and so on). This is my personal favorite new user interface tip.
The revised Site Setup dialog (Site>New Site) not only helps you get started faster, but it also helps to manage projects that span across multiple servers. Say, for example, your client wants to check everything out on a staging server, but you need to also use both your local machine’s Web server as a local …
Download additional free models and materials directly from Photoshop CS5 Extended! Explore the landing page for 3D content from 3D>Browse 3D Content Online. Here you’ll find links to popular 3D content providers, additional 3D materials to download, and information on other great 3D resources.
Something every InDesign user learns is that an image in a frame and the frame itself are two separate things. InDesign CS5 introduces a new feature that changes this relationship. Select a frame that has an image in it and enable the new Auto-Fit checkbox in the Control panel. Now when you resize the frame, …
The new dash adjustment option for strokes will make dashes look as if they were carefully and correctly placed-evenly distributed on a path and cleanly bisecting any corners, even on complex shapes such as a 20-pointed star. To turn this option on, go to the Stroke panel (Window>Stroke), click the Dashed Line checkbox, and select …
Phone and power lines are the bane of a retoucher’s existence. The new Content-Aware Spot Healing in CS5 has fixed this. Here’s how: Using the Pen tool (P), add a path to the line; choose the Spot Healing Brush (J) with Content-Aware selected in the Options Bar; change the brush size to two times the …
You can now edit the video files from your favorite DSLR natively in Premiere Pro CS5. With a fast USB 2 card reader, you can even edit directly off the camera media. With some cameras all you need is a USB cable connected to the camera-no need to transfer the files for a quick rough …